Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 10 October 2016
English, Continental, Oriental and Cape Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 31 831
Shipping
About this Item
A Boer War prisoner of war fruitwood walking stick, 1902
Notes
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr is recorded as a Minister who lived at the Old Parsonage Museum, Somerset East until 1908. Dominee Hofmeyr was exiled to Port Alfred during the Boer War in 1902.
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